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Arrhythmia Alliance has worked with experts to develop information sheets and booklets specifically for children. The booklets cover the basics of how the heart works and how to take a pulse. There are also booklets designed for children for whom an implantable device has been recommended by a clinician. Please use the tabs below to navigate, and to access the booklets for download.

Your heart is very special! It makes your blood flow all around the body and lungs. It is inside your body, but you can feel it working, just place your hand on the left side of your chest; can you feel it beating? It continually works, even when we are asleep.

An AED is an automated external defibrillator. Increasingly, AEDs are being put in public places like stations, community centres and schools. If someone has a cardiac arrest, AEDs can be used by anyone to restart the heart. The more people know about AEDs, the more lives will be saved each year.

Please click on the picture to download a booklet on the heart, sudden cardiac arrest and what children need to know about saving lives with CPR and AEDs.

Jane needed an implantable loop recorder (ILR) to help her doctors diagnose a heart rhythm problem that was causing her to fall over. If you need an ILR too, please read Jane’s story about why she needed one, how she got one and what happened next.